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Queen of the Ring: Becky Lynch Interview

“I never for a second even considered that I could be a wrestler. It was such an out-there dream.” Baldoyle’s Rebecca Quin is kicking ass and taking names across the world as Becky Lynch in the WWE.

Garb: Bláithín Ennis

‘Walking by the Christmas windows of Brown Thomas on Grafton Street last December and spotting my couture neckpiece in the window was the ultimate surprise!’ Designer Bláithín Ennis talks to us.

Barfly – Wigwam

Wigwam feels more like a blank canvas than a hodgepodge… the beginning of another journey for the Bodytonic gang, rather than a definitive statement… And it’s all the more exciting to have a space in the city like that.

Soundbite: Who makes all the pies? Ken Flood Love Supreme

Following a long stint in Australia, Dublin man Ken Flood returned to these shores to set up home and build a new business centred around specialty coffee and flavoursome, homemade pies and sausage rolls with wife Katie in Stoneybatter. We talked to Ken about Love Supreme, their mouthwatering pies and the unique charm of doing business in Stoneybatter.

Restaurant Review: Union 8

It’s striking how much Union 8 has transformed the feel of this Kilmainham junction. It’s bright and buzzing, its energy shining out onto the street like a beacon, drawing customers in.

Design for Impact: Ali Grehan

“What you do has to have an impact. And that has to be considered from lots of different angles.” For Ali Grehan, using design to create lasting impact remains her goal despite changes in the scale of her work.

GARB: Computer Says Yes – Love & Robots

A ‘mashup between design, fashion and tech’ Love & Robots is part of a new wave of international design businesses challenging traditional making & selling. Co-founder Emer O’Daly tells us more.

Soundbite: Shane Ryan – FEED

FEED is a new lunchtime venture that prepares hearty, seasonal lunch-boxes for daily delivery to Dublin’s offices, while also helping to provide meals for some of the world’s poorest children. Founder Shane Ryan talks to us about the importance of the triple bottom line at FEED.

Restaurant Review: Bastible

‘Once their service settles and catches up with the food, we have the makings of a seriously special neighbourhood restaurant’. We pay a visit to Bastible.

Cinema Review: Grandma

Tomlin is amusing and surprisingly affecting in the titular role, but that’s about as far as it goes.

Backpack Challenge

Basecamp the outdoor store in Middle Abbey St, Dublin have started a backpack challenge to help make life a little bit easier for those effected by homelessness. They need your help.

Nice Gaff: Architects – Herbert Simms

It starts and ends with Herbert Simms: the extraordinary City Architect of Dublin in the early twentieth century, and for me his perfect building is Chancery House, a stone’s throw from the Four Courts in Dublin’s North Inner City.

Barfly: Forty Foot Bar And Grill

Along with its extraordinarily low prices, the most striking thing about the Forty Foot is probably how brightly lit it is inside.

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